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Dia de los Muertos at the Smithsonian Museum of Latino Music

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Dia de Los muertos at the Smithsonian Museum of Latino Music on PhotoPeach Nany Kayo took us ...exploring this unique Mexican holiday at the Smithsonian Museum of Latino Music . There, I got to make my own altar. It was really interesting. Got all the materials as well as cards with step to step guidelines. It was easy and fun to make an altar to celebrate Dias de Los Muertos -The Day of the Dead -. We visited Celia Cruz , and the famous painter Frida Khalo's tomb to show our respect. Thanks Nany and Virtual Pioneers.. we had a great experience that day. Also when writing this post and creating the slide show. I had to pick a song to accompany the show.. so I selected Celia Cruz' Quimbara .. a song I love.. and that I have danced all my life... of course ..in the middle of working I stopped and danced this..one my fav Salsa song. La rumba me esta llamando...Bongo dile que ya voy.... Azucar!!! http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Smithsonian%20Latino%20Expeditions/105/

Basic lecture series in Second Life

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Pio got invited to attend this wonderful series.. on Building Community, using simple tools and buiding for events. These are basic skills for an educator that uses this kind of envirotments to teach. Meet  Sharon Collingwood, in this machinima we can listen to her voice and an example of what to expect when experiencing great adventure. The American Association of University Women ’s lecture series in Second Life will be starting up again next week with a series of workshops on conducting group meetings in virtual worlds. If you have been thinking of starting a group, establishing meetings or seminars or teaching in virtual worlds, these free workshops should be useful to you. The workshops will be held at Minerva , the research and study space for the Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Ohio State University . The workshops are at the beginner level; you may wish to take only one, or you may attend all three. If you feel insecure about your avatar skills you

The First World War Poetry

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Torn Fields - war poets 1914-1918 Machinima of Frideswide sim in Second Life, an immersive exhibit by the First World War Poetry Virtual Archive, University of Oxford. This sim offers an amazing virtual experience of the Western Front trenches and British encampments of the Great War, and poetry inspired by the war. Sim opened Nov 2, 2009. Machinima by Tara Yeats; sim builder CSteph Submariner. Western Front http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Frideswide/214/195/647 Last year and for the Re-create, Educate, and illuminate-learning History Virtually conference 2010 , offered by The virtual Pioneers, Csteph Submariner lead us on a tour of this unbelievably detailed and historically accurate sim that highlights the trials and poetry of this era in world history. Poetry of The Great War-Western front 1914-1918 on PhotoPeach Those were some screenshots of the experience. Walking the trenches and listening to the ghost stories was an unique experience. You can find out more